Birthday banner

I've made over 30 of these fun birthday cake blocks!  It's designed by Lori Holt and she designed it to celebrate the first anniversary of her first quilt book, Quilty Fun.

You can see the post on her blog here. 

You can find the free block at Fat Quarter Shop here.

I add an extra 4" at the bottom of my block and appliqué 3" letters at the bottom. Then I add a 2 l/2" border around the whole thing. I outline the entire cake, plate and bow and then do staple quilting around it.

Here's a closeup, the background fabric looks like sprinkles :)

Here's Sabrina who will be 3 years old in a couple of weeks. Isn't she the cutest?

The banner idea is that it's put in a prominent place during the child's birthday month, so they can know that they are special!

Take a look at Riley's birthday banner.

Here is Kylie's, she's 11 years old now!

Here is Taylor's.

Here's a tutorial and Reagan's.

Here is Bridger's and Maisie's.

Here is Paisley's.

Here is Rebecca's and Isabel's.

Here is Charlotte's.

Here is Jacob's.

Here is Neo's.

That's about all I can find, but you see that I've made so many of them! Truthfully, I love choosing the fabric for them from my scraps, usually. They're fun to make for my children and grandchildren!  

Thanks for following and see you next week ❤️

Toothfairy Envelope

 I have a tradition with my grandchildren. Before they're ready to lose their first tooth, they draw a picture of the tooth fairy and send it to me.

I then recreate the drawing on fabric and embroider it to make an envelope for their tooth.  You know how it's fun to write the tooth fairy a little note and see if she writes back!

Above is Riley's drawing and below is my interpretation in thread, lol!

Riley was really happy to get a parcel in the mail just for her!

Riley loves chickens too, so I made the envelope from fabric by Little House Cotton, one of my favorite designers ❤️

The navy pocket is for her tooth! The main pocket is for money from the tooth fairy (or whatever she delivers) and a note.

I sent the tooth fairy envelope just in time, because Riley's second front tooth fell out! I sure love that age when both  front teeth are missing!

Here are some links to other tooth fairy envelopes I've made for my grandchildren :)

Taylor

Kylie

Maisie

Reagan

Neo

Paisley

Izzy

Kennedy

Lucy

I don't know why I don't have posts for all the other grandchildren, but it's fun seeing their different levels of drawing ability!

Thanks for following me, see you next week ❤️

Quilt Retreat

 I'm going on a quilt retreat in a few weeks. There's always a lot to do to prepare....I cut out this Reindeer Xing by Lella Boutique, to make at the retreat.  I cut the fabric up and I'll sew it all back together again, lol! I worked on the cutting for a few days. 

At this particular retreat, we can participate in a game and make something handmade. I made this one yard apron by Lori Holt.  I've made many of them, and had so much fun choosing some of Lori's Bake Sale fabric that I had in my stash. 

We bring our handmade item in a brown paper bag that is stapled shut and put it on the table.  Linda, our host, calls out a name.  We all watch and ooh and ahh as that person opens the bag.  The next person opens a bag and she can either keep her item or choose one that's already been opened.  The item can only be taken three times.  After that, it can't be traded anymore.  It's a really fun game!  Every year, at least one person makes a quilt for the exchange!  Really fun :)

I like to prepare in advance, because who knows what might come up at the last minute and I won't have time to finish my preparations for the retreat.  Besides, I'm really excited to go!  It's just an hour away and it's for four days.

I just noticed that I forgot to sew the jumbo rick rack to the hem of the apron!  I'll add it tomorrow.

Thanks for following me and have a great week ❤️

Oh My Cacti baby quilt

 I made the Oh My Cacti quilt in baby size!  The pattern is by Lindsey at Pen and Paper Designs. Lindsey always writes her patterns beautifully! The blossoms are quite time consuming though, there are a lot of pieces!

I made the quilt for our 16th grandchild, and the first baby to carry on our family name :) Baby boy is due September 21, we can't wait!

The aqua color background color is true in the photo above. I wanted you to see the fabric I chose for the cacti :)

The rattlesnake was fun to make, he is foundation paper pieced, with triangle shapes that don't show up too much with the print that I used. I used the same print for the binding as well.

 Fun fact, I strongly dislike snakes but this one isn't realistic since it's made of fabric and I thought he went so well with the cacti!

I put soft minky on the back of the quilt and used the wavy stitch on my Bernina 750 QE to machine quilt it together.

I added a label, I don't have a great selection right now, so thought that this one would work.  The color of the minky in the photo below is true.

Here's a photo of our youngest son and his growing family ❤️

I'll see you next week :)      

Blooming Bunches

My Farm Girl quilt group is having a sew along. Our leader chooses 3 blocks each month, from one of Lori Holt's books. Flowers, butterflies, bees and hives.  I am making mine from Ruby Star Society fabrics, and a Christmas silver print from Gingiber for the background. Our leader told us to choose the last four 6" blocks ourselves. There are just so many options! I think we get our finishing pattern at the end of this month, and we will go with our finished quilt tops, to the August meeting. It will be so much fun to see everyone's quilts.  Even though we have the same blocks, I'm sure the quilts will look very different!

I did make a top secret baby quilt which I'll share with you next week!

Peek A Boo Pumpkin quilt

I made a cute "Peek A Boo Pumpkin  quilt, it's a free pattern from Jenny Doan at Missouri Star Quilt Co. It's very big (72X85) and is meant to hang on your front porch.  I might hang mine on Halloween night but if I leave it up during the Halloween season, the sun will fade the beautiful oranges and blacks. You don't need skills to make this quilt, it's all 5" unfinished blocks, and some half square triangles.  It's very beginner friendly.

Do you see Paisley playing peek a boo?

Can you see Riley playing peek a boo? Look carefully...

I backed my quilt with cute little jack o lantern faces.

Here's a closer look the fabrics I used.

My friend Marti at Lynny Lou Crafts in Gilbert, Arizona, did a beautiful job on her longarm.  She quilted big spider webs all over it.

I used some blacks and oranges that weren't Halloween prints, so don't worry if your Halloween stash isn't huge!

Here is the link to the Youtube video at Missouri Star.

Here is the link to the pattern.

I hope you were inspired to make one of these quilts for yourself :)  See you again next week ❤️

Snail Quilt

 I made the Snails quilt, designed by Lindsey at Pen and Paper Patterns. Over a year ago now, I visited London with my daughter Lindsay and her husband and four children. We made a trip to the Liberty of London store.  It was so beautiful! I bought some fat quarter bundles with high hopes of making something wonderful. 

All the snail shells are Liberty of London fabrics.  I was able to choose fabric to coordinate, for the bodies, and chose a light gray Ruby Star Society print for the background.

I really wanted to give the quilt to Lucy, she loves little animals, and she loves a quilt with a minky background! She is turning 11 years old in August.  My daughter Lindsay took all the photos.

Lucy loves her quilt!!!

My daughter Lindsay took all the photos. You can see some really cute videos or reels on my Instagram page!  dreamquiltcreate

Lucy asked if I would be in the photo with her.  Melted heart! ❤️ 

My friend Marti from Lynny Lou Crafts in Gilbert did the long arm quilting. It's just perfect!

Here's a photo with the soft pink minky background.  So pretty!

Thanks for visiting, I will see you next week ❤️